10 Actors Who Were Directed By Their Husbands
4. Adrienne Barbeau W/ John Carpenter - The Fog, Escape From New York, The Thing & More!
Early on in her career, Adrienne Barbeau got her start in TV in the 70's. She was cast in 1978's Someone's Watching Me! and that's when she met her future husband, John "The Master of Horror" Carpenter.
After they were married in 1979, Carpenter specifically wrote parts for Barbeau in The Fog (1980) and Escape from New York (1981). The last time they would work together was for 1982's The Thing. If you've ever seen that movie, then you'll know that there were zero female actors in the cast, however, the voice of the computer was Barbeau in an uncredited role.
She split from Carpenter in 1984 and continued to have a successful career in TV, film, and voiceover work.